win; victory; beautiful scenery; scenic spot; counter for wins
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting
workforce reduction; personnel cut
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
dullard; indecisive person
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
absence from work without permission
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to be reborn; to be reincarnated; to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to be reorganized; to be transformed
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide
to have an eye on; to zero in on
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
(dead) body; corpse; remains
striking; remarkable; considerable
trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss